📷The river Pripyat in Polesia by Daniel Rosengren / FZS

#DayOfActionForRivers: World revives rivers by removing old dams, adding logs for 🐟shelter, planting living roots on eroding banks, creating tree buffers, & fixing road culverts.

#E40Waterway threatens to destroy Polesia instead. 😐
19th-century thinking vs 21st-century solutions.

In Polesia, people have harvested medicinal plants for generations🌱
These wetlands = livelihoods, tradition, sustainable harvests.
#E40Waterway would severely degrade this ecosystems.
This #WorldWildlifeDay, we're fighting for nature AND people.
#WWD2026 #SavePolesia #stop_E40

📷Daniel Rosengren/FZS

The Threat - Save Polesia In 2013, a partnership was set up to advance plans by the governments of Poland, Belarus and Ukraine to construct a shipping channel – the so called ‘E40 waterway’ – linking the Black Sea and the…

Today is #WorldWetlandsDay 🌿
On 2 February 1971, countries agreed the #Ramsar Convention to protect wetlands.
In #Polesia & along the Vistula, Bug, Pripyat and Dnieper rivers, many Ramsar & other protected wetlands at risk from #E40Waterway: savepolesia.org/the-threat/
📷Daniel Rosengren / FZS

7 years of appeals & waiting
The fight over the ecologically risky Siarzewo barrage (part of #E40waterway) continues. Yesterday's hearing ended without a ruling; a new date is pending.
The Vistula is safe for now as appeal continues. We await the next chapter.
#stop_E40
📷Małgorzata Kaznowska-Filipek

🌍 The #NatureRestorationLaw’s emphasis on restoring free-flowing rivers is at odds with plans for the Siarzewo dam and the #E40Waterway. Poland should prioritize undoing the damage from the Włocławek dam, not adding more barriers. #Stop_E40

📷The Vistula River, Marek Elas

The Vistula River by Marek Elas

🌊 The #E40Waterway with its Włocławek and proposed Siarzewo dams threatens to fragment the Vistula river further.

The #NatureRestorationLaw offers a chance to protect and restore these waters instead of compounding the damage. #Stop_E40 #FreeFlowingRivers
📷Vistula, Marek Elas

One year ago, the EU adopted the #NatureRestorationLaw—a historic chance to heal rivers. Yet Poland’s Siarzewo dam, part of the #E40Waterway, push the opposite direction. Restoring nature starts with stopping new barriers.

#Stop_E40 #FreeFlowingRivers

📷Vistula. Marek Elas

A river in wild Polesia by Daniel Rosengren/FZS

💧 The #E40waterway would dry out rivers, worsen #climate change effects, and threaten clean water supplies for millions. We advocate for sustainable alternatives like #rail transport and nature-based tourism. Follow us for updates!

#SavePolesia #stop_E40
📷Daniel Rosengren/FZS

The Prypiats river in Polesia by Daniel Rosengren

🚨 The #E40waterway threatens to destroy Polesia’s pristine rivers and #wetlands, risking biodiversity loss, droughts, and potential radioactive contamination from Chernobyl.

Follow us to learn how you can help protect Europe’s Amazon!

#Stop_E40 #SavePolesia
📷Daniel Rosengren/FZS

A singing Aquatic warbler in Polesia by Daniel Rosengren

🌿 Welcome to #SavePolesia! We’re protecting Europe’s largest wetland wilderness — a vital habitat for rare species like Greater spotted eagle, Aquatic warbler (the photo), & Lynx.

Join us to stop the destructive #E40Waterway project and save this natural treasure!

#stop_E40
📷Daniel Rosengren/FZS